Kurt Vonnegut passed away yesterday. Vonnegut ranks as one of the few authors whose work was interesting enough to inspire even someone as intellectually lazy as myself to read. I can distinctly remember reading my first Vonnegut book,Cat's Cradle, on a train while riding through Germany in June 1997. I later read Slaughterhouse-Five and Sirens of Titan, with the former being probably my favorite book. If you have suggestions for other Vonnegut books I should read, let me know.

******

Random Linkage:

- First, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are funny.
- Second, Will Ferrell SNL bloopers? Count me in.
- This 15-year old is a fucking awesome driver.
- As noted by KevNev, Milwaukee is an awesome baseball town.
- Random French guys can dunk.
- Manchester United had a pretty good day.
- Ronaldo on the Simpsons? Weird.
- The $10,000 car wash.
- And on that fateful day, the streets ran orange with dye.
- To go 253 mph in a street car, you need both the right car and the right road.
- Jimmy Kimmel rips some vapid editor chick from Gawker.
- Gotta love an electric car that goes 0-60 in 3.1 seconds.
- Cool photos of Russian in the early 1980s.
- Bacon in a bathroom? Awesome!
- Larry David is here to save the Jets' draft day.
- The softer side of Randy Johnson.